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Gus Hansen experienced an amazing year on the WPT where he was the only player to make it to the closing table in 3 of the tournaments. Gus Hansen has been seen on High Stakes Poker on GSN where he paid $400, 000 to play. You might recall one of the biggest pots in high stakes poker recorded history against Daniel Negreanu. He secured a huge pot with quads against Daniel’s full house. Gus has earned many televised poker appearances and is considered to be one of the greatest bettors around the world. While gambling on web poker, another side of Hansen has emerged. Gus often competes in the 200/400 NL maximum buy in of Forty Thousand dollars. Hansen generally buys-in for the min of $16, 000 and plays very weak. He waits for a decent hand and then pushes all-in. I believe Gus is an amazing poker player but not even close to the familiar players at 200/400no limit. Unless he is penniless, he has absolutely no reason to play at the game with the minimum buy-in.

Playing for the min takes a majority of the ability out of deep stack poker. Hansen is supposed to be 1 of the best players anywhere in the world but he can’t buy-in for the full amt.. I believe television can skew our perception of the real world at times. The greatest players anywhere in the world may be players you have will not have heard of. Gus can be seen betting on online poker on Full Tilt. He generally participates in high stakes omaha eight-or-better and texas holdem. Gus has proven himself as a tournament player. Can he back up his abilities in cash rounds?